---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190619000247.GA5219@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 00:02:47 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T cancels Galaxy Fold pre-orders AT&T is canceling all pre-orders for Samsung's Galaxy Fold smartphone. The folding phone, which costs nearly $2,000 dollars, was initially scheduled to be launched on April 26th, but that date has been postponed indefinitely due to device failures in some test versions. https://www.wilx.com/content/news/ATT-cancels-Galaxy-Fold-pre-orders-----------------511437671.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4402e0df-11f6-41ed-8cbd-0c9c25c99961@googlegroups.com> Date: 20 Jun 2019 09:18:23 -0700 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: Re: Please help me identify this device Re: Please help me identify this device - "Greg Monti" On 6/15/2019 11:02 PM, Bill Horne wrote: > One of my amateur radio friends has asked me what the > device shown at <http://telecom-digest.org/cable-overhead-loop.jpg> > is used for. Please take a look and offer your advice, > and thanks in advance. On 6/15/2019 11:54:03 -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote: > The other device is a "showshoe", which, used in pairs, > holds a loop of optical fiber at a large enough bending > diameter to not damage it. This is generally a slack loop, > which is released in order to lower the loop and allow new > connections to be spliced onto it while working near ground > level. Agreed. However of equal importance is the ability to repair the fiber in case of damage. If a utility pole is damaged (drunk driver) the entire fiber cable may be damaged, and individual fibers may be broken. In such cases it may be necessary to splice each broken fiber. The extra slack stored between two snowshoes makes it possible to make the splice in a convenient location such as inside a utility truck. The broken ends of the fiber can be brought into the truck where the splice can be made under controlled conditions. If course it's advisable to bring the broken ends of the fiber into the truck through the same window... Neal McLain Brazoria, Texas ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DB1D955E-AEDE-422E-A49C-7B1D9D39F250@roscom.com> Date: 19 Jun 2019 23:03:29 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Give up your password or go to jail: Police push legal boundaries to get into cellphones "The world should know that what they're doing out here is crazy," said a man who refused to share his passcode with police. William Montanez is used to getting stopped by the police in Tampa, Florida, for small-time traffic and marijuana violations; it's happened more than a dozen times. When they pulled him over last June, he didn't try to hide his pot, telling officers, "Yeah, I smoke it, there's a joint in the center console, you gonna arrest me for that?" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/give-your-password-or-go-jail-police-push-legal-boundaries-n1014266 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B116C6E0-D98F-49DD-922C-FF9BA3A66E96@roscom.com> Date: 16 Jun 2019 11:12:39 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: 2nd Circuit: Receipt of Unwanted Text Msg Enough to Confer TCPA Claim Standing Second Circuit Holds Receipt of Unwanted Text Messages, Even Without Other Alleged Harm, Confers Standing for TCPA Claims Joining similar decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits, the Second Circuit held in Melito v. Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc. that the receipt of unwanted text messages, even without any other alleged harm, meets the injury-in-fact requirement for Article III standing to bring Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-holds-receipt-unwanted-text-messages-even-without-other-alleged-harm ------------------------------ Message-ID: <146986B0-A97D-4348-A02A-1A7A3A9F2217@roscom.com> Date: 19 Jun 2019 21:51:43 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Ajit Pai promised that killing Net Neutrality would spur investment and improve service Ajit Pai promised that killing Net Neutrality would spur investment and improve service: a year later, service and investment have declined A year ago, Trump FCC Chairman (and former Verizon exec) Ajit Pai killed Net Neutrality, leveraging illegal, fraudulent industry dirty tricks to ram his rule through the process; all along, he claimed that Net Neutrality was a drag on investment, competition and service improvements, and that Americans would see immediate benefits once he was done killing Net Neutrality. It's been a year, and while Pai has touted major gains in broadboand investment, these were also a fraud, with the big telcos slashing investment, slashing jobs, sucking up massive tax subsidies (no, even more massive), while continuing to deliver the slowest, most expensive data in any developed country. https://boingboing.net/2019/06/19/thanks-ajit.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 21 Jun 2019